Topic continuity in discourse: The functional domain of switch-reference

Givón, T.

doi:10.1075/tsl.2.06giv

In:Switch Reference and Universal Grammar: Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981
Edited by John Haiman † and Pamela Munro
[Typological Studies in Language 2] 1983
► pp. 51–82

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Topic continuity in discourse: The functional domain of switch-reference

T. Givón

Published online: 1 January 1983

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.2.06giv

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